De Gaulle, the Last King of France

Patrick Rotman
2017-03-27


8
0 min

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of government, left his mark on the country . He was statesman of action and has been compared to a monarch. This film depicts the general’s personality through the great events of his presidential term, at a time when the world was undergoing considerable changes.

Cast

Name Character Team
Samuel Labarthe Narrator (voice) Unowned
Charles de Gaulle Self (archive footage) Unowned
André Malraux Self (archive footage) Unowned
Pierre Mendès France Self (archive footage) Unowned
François Mitterrand Self (archive footage) Unowned
René Coty Self (archive footage) Unowned
Georges Pompidou Self (archive footage) Unowned
Michel Debré Self (archive footage) Unowned
Alain Peyrefitte Self (archive footage) Unowned
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Unowned
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jacqueline Kennedy Self (archive footage) Unowned
Yvonne de Gaulle Self (archive footage) Unowned
Konrad Adenauer Self (archive footage) Unowned
Harold Macmillan Self (archive footage) Unowned
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Unowned
Mao Zedong Self (archive footage) Unowned
Robert Rocca Self (archive footage) Unowned
Pierre Tchernia Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jean Lecanuet Self (archive footage) Unowned
Roger Frey Self (archive footage) Unowned
Michel Droit Self (archive footage) Unowned
Norodom Sihanouk Self (archive footage) Unowned
Louis de Funès Self (archive footage) Unowned
Lino Ventura Self (archive footage) Unowned
Johnny Hallyday Self (archive footage) Unowned
Françoise Hardy Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jean Seberg Self (archive footage) Unowned
Jean-Paul Belmondo Self (archive footage) Unowned
Lucien Neuwirth Self (archive footage) Unowned
Christian Fouchet Self (archive footage) Unowned
Nicolae Ceaușescu Self (archive footage) Unowned
Pierre Messmer Self (archive footage) Unowned